Latvia

Zane Zajančkauska

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Biography

Zane Zajančkauska (b. 1984) is a Latvian curator who runs Kolectīvs group with a designer, Ilze Kalnbērzina Praz. The duo's work is to create and co-create exhibitions and other related public programmes, publications and communication campaigns. Kolectīvs was part of the all-female curator team - The RIBOCA team who was responsible for all the public programmes at the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2018.

Zane's recent well-known curatorial work was You've Got 1243 Unread Messages at the Latvian National Museum of Art (2017-18) which was co-curated together with Kaspars Vanags and Diana Fransena. The show was awarded the National Culture Prize. Zane obtained her MA in Cultural Management degree from the Latvian Academy of Culture with additional courses in anthropology and history at the Latvian University.